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Some of the ‪sustainability‬ stories I’ve created are showcased in July’s METRO magazine in Minneapolis (more details in the print version). I also had an interview with Ode Magazine regarding the ‘Bicycling Counts’ project.   METRO article: Seeing is Believing – July 2012 (PDF)

‘Bicycling Counts’ coming to Minneapolis

I’m thrilled that ‘Bicycling Counts’ will run during Bike Walk week: June 2-11. Bicycling Counts is an interactive, animated, mobile public art project created to celebrate and prove the collective impact of cycling. Stay tuned for Twitter updates: #bicyclingcounts More info on bicyclingcounts.com

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Workshop on Visually Communicating Sustainability

Join the workshop I'm leading at Interaction12 (IxD12) February 1st in Dublin, Ireland. As part of the Interaction Design Association's annual conference, we'll explore how consumers interact with topics related to sustainability, and how can designers facilitate the understanding of, and interaction with complex sustainability data. Sign up on the IxDA website. 

Designing Information for the Understanding of Sustainability

Notes From the GreenID Conference Recently presenting at the International Institute of Information Design’s (IIID) GreenID conference in Vienna, I was struck by the phrase, “Context brings understanding.” As information designers, we seek to clarify complex information. And sustainability is certainly a topic area that involves a lot of complexities in communicating related social, ecological […]

Sustainable Summer School, Belgium

I'm excited to an advisor at REcenter's Sustainable Summer School this August in Limburg, Belgium. Join us to tackle themes of water, food and public space throughout the week-long course. More info on REcenter's website.  "Seven days of Sustainable Summer School with Institute without Boundaries and Euregional faculty and international experts." 

Visible Storage: the Transparent Museum

Antwerp’s latest museum, the MAS, opened its doors recently: and opened its storage room. One of the more interesting features (aside from the iconic architecture) of the building is that the storage spaces are publicly viewable. One level of the towering 10-story building houses countless antiquities behind wire cages – It’s a fascinating peek into the behind-the-scenes […]

Presenting at GreenID – Sustainable Info Design

Arlene will present at GreenID, an exchange forum on sustainable information design in Vienna, Austria in June. The forum is organized by the International Institute for Information Design. This presentation will showcase a visual narrative approach to information design for the communication of sustainability. I will present examples from a variety of resources, including: how I use […]